Harbors and Navigation Code section 511

Wrecked property may be kept or reclaimed at the time of the wreck by the owner, consignee, or other person entitled to possession; but if any person has a just claim for salvage and necessary expenses incurred in saving it, the claim shall be paid before the property can be reclaimed.

Source: Section 511, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HNC§ionNum=511. (updated Jan. 1, 1937; accessed Sep. 7, 2026).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/harbors_and_navigation_code_section_511

Original Source: Section 511, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HNC§ionNum=511. (last accessed May 12, 2025).